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  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    ObituaryMike Procter
    Mike Procter, South African cricketer, 1946-2024

    One of the sport’s greatest all-rounders who was denied a long Test career because of his country’s apartheid system

    Black and white photo of Mike Procter inspecting the ball during a match in 1973
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    South African economy
    South Africa to tap $8bn from foreign currency account to pay down debts

    Move comes ahead of a general election as the ruling ANC seeks to quell unease at its handling of the economy

    Enoch Godongwana
  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
    South Africa sets May 29 for pivotal general election

    Stage set for tight vote in which governing African National Congress will be battling to keep its majority

    President Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American Platinum to cut jobs in South Africa as metals prices slide

    Headcount to be reduced by almost a fifth after 71% plunge in profitability

    An Amplats smelter
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    South African economy
    South Africa central bank chief signals caution on rate cuts

    Lesetja Kganyago says inflation still poses risk even as other emerging markets start to loosen policy

    South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Climate change
    Flagship climate finance scheme struggles to raise capital

    Plan to mobilise vast sums for green transition in developing world ‘long on promise but short on progress’, says foundation

    Barges transporting coal on the Mahakam River in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    African politics
    Ramaphosa kicks off pivotal South Africa election campaign

    President promises land for poor and action on infrastructure in State of Nation set piece ahead of expected close-fought race

    Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    The Aesthete
    Portrait photographer Pieter Hugo talks taste

    The Cape Town-based artist is ‘a fiend for Birkenstocks’, channels The Dude and loves his Nissan Patrol GRX

    Pieter Hugo photographed at home in Cape Town, wrapped in a blanket made by his wife, Tamsyn
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Media
    Vivendi’s Canal+ offers to buy biggest pay-TV group in Africa

    Proposal that values MultiChoice at $2.5bn aims to build rival to Netflix in world’s fastest-growing streaming market

    Logos of Canal+ and MultiChoice
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    South African politics
    ANC suspends former South African president Jacob Zuma

    Governing party, which faces tough elections this year, says new movement is pursuing ‘counter-revolutionary’ agenda

    Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Top UN court orders Israel to comply with international law on genocide

    ICJ findings come as UN Palestinian relief agency dismisses several employees over alleged involvement in Hamas attack

    Protesters hold a Palestinian flag as they gather outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    News in-depth
    South African Jewish community unnerved by Israel genocide case

    Row over young cricket captain exposes social rift as Pretoria pursues landmark International Court of Justice lawsuit

    Protesters holding signs and an Israeli flag outside Cricket South Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 18 2024
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    What the landmark ICJ genocide case against Israel means for the world

    Suit brought by South Africa seen as test for international justice

    Palestinians mourning over the bodies of victims of Israel’s bombardment the the Gaza Strip
  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
    News in-depth
    South African opposition seeks to build on Cape Town success

    Democratic Alliance must attract sceptical black voters if it is to defeat ANC in national election 

    Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel calls South Africa’s allegations of genocide in Gaza ‘profoundly distorted’

    Lawyers at International Court of Justice say Pretoria’s case relies on ‘manipulative description’ of events in coastal strip

    The three  discuss a point while sitting in the court
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Hague court begins hearing case alleging Israeli genocide in Gaza

    Politically explosive legal action brought by South Africa opens at the International Court of Justice

    A man mourns as the shrouded bodies of loved ones killed during Israeli bombardment arrive at al-Najar hospital in Rafah
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The world goes to the ballot box

    Half of global adults will vote this year, but democracy is not just about elections

    Two people stand at ballot boxes siting on tables
  • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
    News in-depth
    South Africa’s opposition splinters in battle against ANC

    Several smaller campaigns will fight each other as well as ruling party in pivotal upcoming election

    Herman Mashaba speaks to voters in in Sandton, South Africa
  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    S Africa accuses Israel of breaking international laws on genocide in Gaza

    Case brought by Pretoria to UN’s International Court of Justice dismissed as ‘baseless’ by Netanyahu government

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa holds a press conference on the Gaza conflict with Muslim leaders in South Africa this month
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    World33 min
    Eskom: how corruption and crime turned the lights off in South Africa | FT Film

    The state power company is battling a legacy of neglect, mismanagement and state capture

    Eskom: cartels, corruption and cyanide
  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    ReviewVisual Arts
    Gavin Jantjes, Sharjah Art Foundation — fierce artworks defied apartheid’s absurdities

    The South African artist and curator aims to evoke a feeling of awe akin to seeing Victoria Falls

  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    Oil & Gas industry
    Russia’s Gazprombank wins South African approval to refurbish refinery

    Deal underlines how bank has become key channel for Moscow to make energy investments

    View of PetroSA plant in South Africa
  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
    News in-depthClimate change
    Inside the battle to decarbonise the world’s dirtiest refinery

    South Africa’s Secunda plant has higher emissions than Portugal but investors are piling on pressure for change

    A general view in Secunda
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
    South Africa’s struggling Eskom power utility appoints new chief

    Selection of Dan Marokane comes as electricity monopoly oversees record blackouts and deals with large debt burden

    Dan Marokane
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    The Weekend Essay
    In search of the real Nelson Mandela

    A decade after the death of the former president, and amid growing disenchantment with the ANC, South Africans are questioning the one-dimensional figure of popular myth

    Dominating the foreground is a statue of Nelson Mandela, with one arm raised, while trade unionists in red shirts march past
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